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Friday, February 4, 2011
Students top the world
Star scholars: ACG Parnell College students Oliver Brown and Wyoming Paul both topped the world in Cambridge International Exams for 2010.
Photo: FIONA GOODALL
By SARAH MOYES
OLIVER Brown and Wyo-
ming Paul are literally on top
of the world.
The ACG Parnell College
students, both 16, have
received top results in the
November 2010 Cambridge
International Examinations.
Oliver, from Remuera, got
the highest mark in the year
12 International General
Certificate of Secondary
Exam for physical education.
I was quite thrilled,'' he
says.
He received the same
result in 2009 for his year 11
exam in PE.
My PE teacher gave me a
lot of encouragement and
always had such high
expectations.''
Oliver took on a number of
challenges to gain the top
mark, including a 50km
tramp in Abel Tasman
National Park last summer.
He had to produce an action
plan to help him improve in a
sport -- he chose tennis.
He also came second over-
all in New Zealand in four AS
levels -- English literature,
biology, Spanish and PE.
He achieved an A in A2
History, which is a year 13
paper that he took in year 12.
He is not taking PE this
year so he can focus on litera-
ture, biology, Spanish, geo-
graphy and economics.
Oliver hopes to teach
secondary school kids like
himself when he leaves
school.
He would like to teach Eng-
lish because he believes it
will give him the opportunity
to branch out'' a bit.
Wyoming found out last
Friday that she was top for
the year 11 International
General Certificate of
Secondary Exam in history.
She hadn't realised she had
the best result worldwide
until principal Larne Ed-
meades explained it to her.
I was quite surprised. I
felt like I'd done a good exam,
but I didn't think for a min-
ute that I'd done that well.''
The exam covered the his-
tory of the lead-up to World
War Two and the Cold War.
Her dad's love for history
has inspired her to delve into
it too.
She travelled around
Europe with her family for a
month last year and visited
museums and famous land-
marks.
I prepared pretty consist-
ently throughout the year, so
it wasn't too bad at the end.''
She is taking history again
this year and will be learning
about the industrial revol-
ution and the lead up to
World War One.
Wyoming hopes to be a
novelist when she leaves
school. She is already on to
her second fiction novel and
hopes to get her first one
published.
Mr Edmeades says the
results are exceptional.
They're not only able
scholars, they are indeed very
good learners.
They both show a great
depth and maturity for their
ages.''
He says their hard work is
a great example for other
students.
ACG Parnell College only
offers its students Cambridge
International Examinations.
Mr Edmeades says the
independent school decided to
focus all its energy on doing
one thing really well -- and
the pass rates support this
decision.
Wei Wu, who has now left
the school, also topped the
world with his mathematics
mark.
I was pretty excited and
proud when mum called me
with the news. The teachers
have been really helpful and
supportive.
They gave us lots of prep-
aration for the exam with
past papers, and extra study
sessions that were volun-
tary,'' Wei says.
Two other students at the
school received top in New
Zealand awards. Sharanya
Sankaran was top in New
Zealand in AS economics and
David Lawson was top in
New Zealand in AS level com-
puting.